Four buses vandalised as LASTMA officials, drivers clash

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Members of a police patrol team, Ops Attack, yesterday prevented a major clash between officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LATSMA) and commercial bus drivers. The confrontation occurred at Berger bus stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Trouble started when LASMA officials on duty prevented commercial bus drivers from parking and picking passengers on both sides of the expressway.
This, however, did not go down well with the drivers, which led to a heated argument. This subsequently degenerated into physical combat between the LASTMA officials and the drivers. A LASTMA official, who craved anonymity, said: “We have had seminars on roadside parking. We have also communicated this to drivers. We have seen in the past when accidents occurred as a result of illegal parking and picking of passengers.
“It was while we were trying to do our job that the drivers gathered themselves and started fighting us. In the process, some of our men were injured.”But a witness, who gave his name as Tunde, claimed the LASTMA official was being economical with the truth. He said: “Don’t mind the LASTMA officials; they wanted to extort more money from the drivers.http://newtelegraphonline.com/four-buses-vandalised-as-lastma-officials-drivers-clash/